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germany is an attractive partner because germany's prom prominent role in the eu, but also because of increased german dependence on china. item, nearly a quarter of eu imports from china go to germany. item, during 2010, germany's trade with china grew by 34% to $181 billion. china is now the second largest market for german exports outside the e.u. item, chinese demand is especially high for german machinery and cars. china is the biggest market for the mercedes s class. chew chinese officials are driven around beijing in them. makes germany one of the most influential, if not the pivotal foreign policy player on the world stage. angela. >> question, who calls the shots? chance chancellor angela merkel or president obama? >> president obama in this crisis in europe is pushing, but he has a powerful restraining force in angela merkel who not only speaks for germany, the fourth largest economy in the world, the dominant economy in europe. but she is a powerful restraining force, but however, germany is something of a giant switzerland. it is not a big military power. it is not interve
germany is an attractive partner because germany's prom prominent role in the eu, but also because of increased german dependence on china. item, nearly a quarter of eu imports from china go to germany. item, during 2010, germany's trade with china grew by 34% to $181 billion. china is now the second largest market for german exports outside the e.u. item, chinese demand is especially high for german machinery and cars. china is the biggest market for the mercedes s class. chew chinese...
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germany is the obvious one being impacted. >> that is fairly key. what germany is doing is they are trying to get everyone back to the table in geneva. they think that what is happening, despite the actions and the peace agreement that was signed in april, things are getting worse. you look at odessa. an industrial part of the country. that is a key part. we will continue to watch this. the violence is just getting worse. >> it is destabilizing the market. the servicendex of industry rose in april. in march.y from 54.5 that is after manufacturing came in below expectations. we will get another view of the economy later when hsbc releases its latest survey. more pressure on the chinese it you want. traders are the most pessimistic in months. regulator soldhe derivatives. it did not fully disclose it. it has weakened more than 3% this year. it is the worst performing currency in asia. slow and steady for australia's bank. reported an 11% increase. money management fees boost his results. apple claimed a narrow victory over smartphone technology. this
germany is the obvious one being impacted. >> that is fairly key. what germany is doing is they are trying to get everyone back to the table in geneva. they think that what is happening, despite the actions and the peace agreement that was signed in april, things are getting worse. you look at odessa. an industrial part of the country. that is a key part. we will continue to watch this. the violence is just getting worse. >> it is destabilizing the market. the servicendex of...
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. >> germany, for example. and sheryl and i have been spending lots of time dealing with the consequences and the perception of american nsa activities and so forth. and this is a good example of what will happen in the future. countries aren't going to stop spying on each other. and no one quite knows thousand solve this problem. an example was a couple of weeks ago angela merkel indicated she'd be in favor of having data localization in germany which sounds like a great political thing but it's, one, not workable, two, it's -- [inaudible] and it's a very bad idea for germans -- >> and for citizens all over world. >> we're facing similar issues in brazil for both companies. i don't think we've quite figured out the consequences of that in a government sense. in a privacy sense, again, facebook has been through the same sorts of travails. you ultimately have to say to citizens we will keep your information private, you have to decide -- you have a responsibility for how much you want to disclose, where you want
. >> germany, for example. and sheryl and i have been spending lots of time dealing with the consequences and the perception of american nsa activities and so forth. and this is a good example of what will happen in the future. countries aren't going to stop spying on each other. and no one quite knows thousand solve this problem. an example was a couple of weeks ago angela merkel indicated she'd be in favor of having data localization in germany which sounds like a great political thing...
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ladies and gentlemen, the chancellor of germany, angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i am delighted to be back in .ashington today i am equally delighted to be year at the u.s. chamber of commerce. we look at the fact how we are linked. it provides the political context and economic context. our relationship rests on shared values and aren't shared interests. we know that only together can mass of the great economic and political challenges in this globalized world of today. about a quarter of century ago, 25 years ago, the berlin wall fell. the confrontation of the two blocks was prevalent during the days of the cold war and some even talk about the end of history as we know it. with the crisis of ukraine 25 orderafter, the postwar after his button to question. the rest on the acceptance of the principle of territorial integrity. , borders arers at changed by someone pitting the law of the stronger against the law. it was due to the annexation of the crimean immense love but i am convinced in the end, the rule of law will prevail b
ladies and gentlemen, the chancellor of germany, angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i am delighted to be back in .ashington today i am equally delighted to be year at the u.s. chamber of commerce. we look at the fact how we are linked. it provides the political context and economic context. our relationship rests on shared values and aren't shared interests. we know that only together can mass of the great economic and political challenges in this globalized world of...
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germany japan and now threatening. against russia german chancellor angela merkel and his prime minister shinzo abby were together in berlin this week both declaring industrial powers would unite together on their approach to sanctions this follows president obama's visit to japan where he reaffirmed his support for its rao audience with china meanwhile mosco house arrest and to retaliate against foreign energy companies if sanctions are heightened both the german and japanese leaders all chill on between punishing russia for what they see as the law for addicts of carmina on the protection of their economies especially and supplies from russia so first of all let's get to the f.t. said to all of it all going to go to where our correspondent peter all of us is waiting for us so peter tell me you obviously we can see that what is the feeling there amongst the the business community in particular. well the business community of given anglo-american a clear message and that message is no further sanctions we've heard in t
germany japan and now threatening. against russia german chancellor angela merkel and his prime minister shinzo abby were together in berlin this week both declaring industrial powers would unite together on their approach to sanctions this follows president obama's visit to japan where he reaffirmed his support for its rao audience with china meanwhile mosco house arrest and to retaliate against foreign energy companies if sanctions are heightened both the german and japanese leaders all chill...
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because the perception has been that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia, and particularly dependence on energy, on oil and gas, would not support sectoral sanctions at this point. >> well, she said she talked about how she's trying to move other countries in europe along. i mean, there are -- >> well, i think her country is -- or at least she is closer to this, and she did stand in unity with president obama talking about this. there does have to be an off ramp to de-escalate this. i don't think we hoos to get in a war with russia. we have to bolster nato. that's something they talked about too. we have to find a way to achieve a pluralist, noncorrupt government in ukraine through these elections, and we have to support trade. at least i think so. this trade regime of the u.s. and europe. >> what makes you think that putin wants -- >> putin personally, certainly the information everybody seems to have is that there is no advantage to russia in having an all-out war in ukraine. our leverage is or economy against him. we are strong. he is a gas station with a lot of corrupti
because the perception has been that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia, and particularly dependence on energy, on oil and gas, would not support sectoral sanctions at this point. >> well, she said she talked about how she's trying to move other countries in europe along. i mean, there are -- >> well, i think her country is -- or at least she is closer to this, and she did stand in unity with president obama talking about this. there does have to be an off ramp to...
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. >> germany is the key. >> germany is one key. we have chancellor merkel meeting with barack obama. that is the number one topic on their agenda, along with nsa and tapping her phone. >> what did you say last year -- [laughter] >> he may know what she is thinking. >> let's talk about the effect on american economies. -- companies. is there any consideration to say, get out of russia? >> they are the ones doing the outreach. i asked if companies are lobbying for less sanctions. the administration responded, we are going to them and asking them to cut their russian exposure. citibank cut their russian exposure nine percent. the white house has been lobbying and getting success with major american companies and ceo's were supposed to go to an economic conference sponsored by putin. some are pulling out entirely or reducing their delegations. >> if he keeps escalating, is there any chance that america would take military action or at least aid the ukrainians with lethal arms? >> two separate questions. on taking military action oursel
. >> germany is the key. >> germany is one key. we have chancellor merkel meeting with barack obama. that is the number one topic on their agenda, along with nsa and tapping her phone. >> what did you say last year -- [laughter] >> he may know what she is thinking. >> let's talk about the effect on american economies. -- companies. is there any consideration to say, get out of russia? >> they are the ones doing the outreach. i asked if companies are lobbying...
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does she support -- because the perception is that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia and particularly depends on energy on oil and gas would not support sanctions athe this point? >> she said she talked about how she is trying to move other countries in europe along. i think her country is -- at least she is closer to this. she did stand in unity with president obama talking about this. there does have to be an off ramp for russia to deescalate this. i don't think we choose to get in a war with the russians. we have to bolster nato. that is something they talked about, too. we have to find a way to achieve a pluralist noncorrupt government in ukraine and we have to support trade, i think so. >> so what is the off ramp? >> well, putin personally, certainly the information everybody seems to have is that there is no advantage to russia in having an all out war in ukraine. our leverage is our economy against him. we're strong. he's a gas station as john mccain said with a lot of corrupt people surrounding him. if we are going to avoid the sanctions we can avoid a worse outco
does she support -- because the perception is that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia and particularly depends on energy on oil and gas would not support sanctions athe this point? >> she said she talked about how she is trying to move other countries in europe along. i think her country is -- at least she is closer to this. she did stand in unity with president obama talking about this. there does have to be an off ramp for russia to deescalate this. i don't think we choose to...
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swapping the economy, and we had -- >> and during the '50s we were all worried that germany and france were going to overtake us. so -- >> may i remind you that -- >> china -- >> they didn't have that problem when everybody was worried about japan overtaking the united states. >> i think, again, you know, our status in the world has dropped many precipitously over the last several decades and anybody that continues to say it's no big deal i think are playing into it. >> it's a fine line beating down our own country -- >> if your kid comes home with a c., are you afraid to say johnny get an a before hurting his feelings? >> middle class person today or in '81? >> in the '50s. >> we have more coming up, believe it or not. >>> did you hear about the new white house plans for our roads? obviously these guys did. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nhts. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can s, "i did it!" ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signatu
swapping the economy, and we had -- >> and during the '50s we were all worried that germany and france were going to overtake us. so -- >> may i remind you that -- >> china -- >> they didn't have that problem when everybody was worried about japan overtaking the united states. >> i think, again, you know, our status in the world has dropped many precipitously over the last several decades and anybody that continues to say it's no big deal i think are playing into...
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hello welcome to read the capital with me casey this week germany japan teamed up with the u.s. state of the sanctions against russia on allies this new partnership on the economic implications of poles they are about signed on to seventy billion dollars logie craig was according to the latest estimate should china is set to become the biggest economy in the world later this year portugal gets to break free from international financial support and to take this first we will support resolve coming out to vote for us and germany japan and now threatening the citations against russia german chancellor angela merkel and his prime minister shinzo abi were together in berlin this week declaring industrial powers would unite together on their approach to sanctions this follows president obama's visit to japan where he reaffirmed his support for its rao audience with china meanwhile moscow house arrest and to retaliate against foreign energy companies if sanctions are heightened but if the german and japanese leaders all chill on between punishing russia up for what they see as the a lo
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. >>> a team of military observers have arrived in germany a day after the release from pro-russian separatists. >>> 2,000 people are dead after a mud slide in afghanistan in a remote area. rescue effort have been called off. the country's president is calling today a national day of mourning. >>> a man hospitalized in indiana with the first says of mers is improving of the he contracted it in saudi arabia. and more than 100 died. it's believed to be spread from camels to humans. >>> political parties in south africa are rallying before the elections. opposition parties are trying to capitalize with the majority party known as the a.n.c. despite scandals polls show the party will come out on top. >> al jazeera's correspondent reports on why they are losing support after 20 years in power. >> reporter: this woman and her cowsan are excited about voting on may 7th. >> i'll vote for the a.n.c. it founded a struggle and gave us freedom. >> apart height ended 20 years ago. the ruling african national congress has a lot of support. people are not happy about the corruption in the a.n.c. 20 million of
. >>> a team of military observers have arrived in germany a day after the release from pro-russian separatists. >>> 2,000 people are dead after a mud slide in afghanistan in a remote area. rescue effort have been called off. the country's president is calling today a national day of mourning. >>> a man hospitalized in indiana with the first says of mers is improving of the he contracted it in saudi arabia. and more than 100 died. it's believed to be spread from...
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. >> seven military observers in europe that had been held hostage in eastern ukraine arrived in germany. they were captured more than a week ago. the cap tore said they set the observers free without conditions. >>> let's talk to demritry babich, a political analyst who joins me were moscow. let's look at the bigger picture. and the question people are asking themselves is is ukraine lurching towards war. >> well, i hope this is not the case. certainly there's a terrible miscommunication between authorities in kiev and russian-speaking regions in the south. there's a terrible communication in russia, the united states and yuan zai. both sides don't want to listen to each other, and sometimes, you know, there are just immoral ways of behaviour. for example, the fact that authorities in kiev did not express condolences to the families of more than 40 activists burnt alive in odessa. i think it is appalling. these people could be political opponents, people in power in kiev, but they were ukranian citizens. >> three days of mourning has been announced by kiev. >> in odessa. unfortunately i
. >> seven military observers in europe that had been held hostage in eastern ukraine arrived in germany. they were captured more than a week ago. the cap tore said they set the observers free without conditions. >>> let's talk to demritry babich, a political analyst who joins me were moscow. let's look at the bigger picture. and the question people are asking themselves is is ukraine lurching towards war. >> well, i hope this is not the case. certainly there's a terrible...
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. >> seven european military observers held hostage by pro-russian gunman arrived in germany. they were captured a week ago in slovyansk and are relieved at being released. they set the observers free without conditions. >>> at least three have been killed in a bomb attack in the kenyan port city of mombassa. several have been wounded. there has been no claim of responsibility. a warning jane ferguson's report from nairobi may contain images that you may find disturbing. >> reporter: this is all that was left of a bus that was targeted. attackers threw a grenade at it and a group of passengers. blood sustained the streets as emergency services arrived to carry await the injured. >> i saw three people dead immediately after the blast. there were men injured. we took about eight people to hospital. many took themselves to get treatment. >> minutes later a second attack in the same city. a bag with an improvised explosive device. people passing by managed to take cover and remarkably no one was killed. police say they don't yet have an splaption for who was behind the blast. keny
. >> seven european military observers held hostage by pro-russian gunman arrived in germany. they were captured a week ago in slovyansk and are relieved at being released. they set the observers free without conditions. >>> at least three have been killed in a bomb attack in the kenyan port city of mombassa. several have been wounded. there has been no claim of responsibility. a warning jane ferguson's report from nairobi may contain images that you may find disturbing. >>...
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from the last century was in fact geared toward business interests in other words the the economy of germany as relates to the holocaust at that time there was it was a profit center and capitalism had turned into a machine that use human beings essentially as the raw material to generate the cash to get that war machine going it's so there was an economic justification for it and. so now you what you're suggesting here with your phrase capitalism is on spoken. holocaust is that once again we're at a stage in capitalisms cycle the lifespan where the destruction the wholesale genocide and whole accost of human beings is at the root of powering the economic growth that we see in the u.s. and in the u.k. is that a fair statement i think it is fair i mean i think it would be naive to basically somehow try to separate out the dog side of cops ism in the sense from the so-called light side of capitalism and there's no doubt yes you know we've had certain logical developments we've had modern medicine we've had all sorts of great things but it's all come a cost and that's why you have people like b
from the last century was in fact geared toward business interests in other words the the economy of germany as relates to the holocaust at that time there was it was a profit center and capitalism had turned into a machine that use human beings essentially as the raw material to generate the cash to get that war machine going it's so there was an economic justification for it and. so now you what you're suggesting here with your phrase capitalism is on spoken. holocaust is that once again...
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my book initially came out in the german translation and you can imagine how well this went in germany. the alternative to that to preserving the current system is a breakdown of the kind we so roughly 100 years ago meaning of rerun of the lead-up to world war i but this time with nuclear weapons. it seems what abraham lincoln said a century and a half ago is united states is the last best hope of the earth and this is very chernow days but of course in a very different way. so to wrap up then, of let's say for the sake of argument this is what happens. the american system keeps going to the middle of the 21st century and even beyond that. can they go on forever? is there any way to put off from that we are breakdown of the global system and the resulting conflicts that always seem to come out? it seems to me the answer has to be no and nothing ever has gone on forever before. i talked about my book in britain a few weeks ago. it came out slightly earlier there. i ask the audience is always imagine world war i had not broken out in 1941. do any of you think britain would be running the
my book initially came out in the german translation and you can imagine how well this went in germany. the alternative to that to preserving the current system is a breakdown of the kind we so roughly 100 years ago meaning of rerun of the lead-up to world war i but this time with nuclear weapons. it seems what abraham lincoln said a century and a half ago is united states is the last best hope of the earth and this is very chernow days but of course in a very different way. so to wrap up then,...
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and in germany. >> family members are outraged. they were hurt that these support centers are closing in by a jenning but at some point, an airline has to say, we don't have any more information, right, we have to do this or is this timing particularly bad? >> well, the timing is particularly bad because there is still for the answers where their loved ones are. but in most air crash accidents, certainly all the ones i have worked on, the airline usually closes down its support system and they have a care team assigned member assigned to each family. they cut that off at about day 45 and that's pretty standard and the reason is, that is in most cases, the case is moving on to a different stage, here because they don't have a plane or their loved ones, it's particularly bad timing. it's not unusual to close it down about this point. >> oh, boy, thanks so much to both of you. appreciate it. >> already. the other woman in this clipper owners scandal is talking. what she told barra walters about her relationship with donald sterling an
and in germany. >> family members are outraged. they were hurt that these support centers are closing in by a jenning but at some point, an airline has to say, we don't have any more information, right, we have to do this or is this timing particularly bad? >> well, the timing is particularly bad because there is still for the answers where their loved ones are. but in most air crash accidents, certainly all the ones i have worked on, the airline usually closes down its support...
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germany has some leverage in all this, doesn't it? it seems to be the country that has the most leverage. to what degree and why is that? >> the germans have a special relationship with the russians and have for -- since world war ii. this is an opportunity for chancellor merkel to influence the russians in their behavior in ukraine. the germans, like the rest of europe, care about stability in the heart of europe and ukraine is in the heart of europe, and the germans don't want to see violence, they don't want to see invasions, they don't want to see violations of sovereignty, of cross border military action. this is not in the german and european interest. the germans have a great opportunity to put pressure on the russians to change their behavior. >> and what in your view can or should the u.s. do at this juncture, what more can the u.s. do in an influential way, if possible? >> two things they can do, we can do. we can provide additional defensive equipment, supplies to the ukrainians as they act as they are now to reassert contr
germany has some leverage in all this, doesn't it? it seems to be the country that has the most leverage. to what degree and why is that? >> the germans have a special relationship with the russians and have for -- since world war ii. this is an opportunity for chancellor merkel to influence the russians in their behavior in ukraine. the germans, like the rest of europe, care about stability in the heart of europe and ukraine is in the heart of europe, and the germans don't want to see...
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and germany. this is 30 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. it is always a great pleasure to welcome my friend chancellor merkel to the white house. germany is one of our strongest allies and angela is one of my closest partners. with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunity for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this morning, we learned our businesses created 277,000 new jobs last month. all told, our business is now created 9.2 million new jobs over 50 consecutive months of job growth. the grit and determination of the american people are moving us forward but we have to keep a relentless focus on job creation and creating more opportunities for work and families. there is plenty more that congress should be doing from raising the minimum wage to creating good construction jobs and rebuilding america. i want to work with them wherever i can but i keep acting on my own wher
and germany. this is 30 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. it is always a great pleasure to welcome my friend chancellor merkel to the white house. germany is one of our strongest allies and angela is one of my closest partners. with her indulgence, i want to start by making two brief comments. first, as president, my top priority is doing everything we can to create more jobs and opportunity for hard-working families for our economic strength as a source of strength in the world. this...
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we used to say germany was surrounded by friends and everything is wonderful. obviously we need to take a fresh look because o'land is our immediate neighbor, part of our club, our union, and pole -- pollland has a bored irwith ukraine and if there's chaos in ukraine and beyond it affects our very own security and that of all of nate at the and the i as well. so, yes, i think there must be a comprehensive review of our priorities, both in the e.u. and in nato, but let's not do it, if i may say so with foaming at the mouth. let's do it cool, and let's do it also, always, in -- with having in mind consistency. >> on that thought we're going to questions from the audience. if you just briefly give your name and affiliation. you know the rule, a question, not a statement. >> thank you. from george washington university. we talked about in april of 2008 the nato summit decided to not extend membership action to ukraine and georgia, and within four months georgia was invaded. with hindsight, the word wisdom has been subpoena number of times today. is it your view tha
we used to say germany was surrounded by friends and everything is wonderful. obviously we need to take a fresh look because o'land is our immediate neighbor, part of our club, our union, and pole -- pollland has a bored irwith ukraine and if there's chaos in ukraine and beyond it affects our very own security and that of all of nate at the and the i as well. so, yes, i think there must be a comprehensive review of our priorities, both in the e.u. and in nato, but let's not do it, if i may say...
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then you look at germany. germany, you have a population, a german population, which especially after snowden, is mistrustful of what the u.s. wants in foreign policy, doesn't want to get dragged in, strongly opposed to sanctions. you have an industrial lobby and financial lobby in germany telling merkel in no uncertain terms, we want no sanctions whatsoever. then you've got caterpillar in the united states that just lost a $1 billion deal that seamans picked up by going to moscow, meeting with putin and said, hey, we're dealing. so you can't keep the europeans on board. the last order of sanctions the americans just put on this week after we said there have been consequences and they have been basically ripping up the gee neva agreement -- geneva agreement they made on ukraine, there is going to be consequence queens so tough that the russians market go up on them. us saying we'll isolate the russians, not a single brick, not brazil, india or china, that is listening one iota to our policy. the chinese just a
then you look at germany. germany, you have a population, a german population, which especially after snowden, is mistrustful of what the u.s. wants in foreign policy, doesn't want to get dragged in, strongly opposed to sanctions. you have an industrial lobby and financial lobby in germany telling merkel in no uncertain terms, we want no sanctions whatsoever. then you've got caterpillar in the united states that just lost a $1 billion deal that seamans picked up by going to moscow, meeting with...
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we were promised that after germany's unification than it would not spread eastward. a started expanding and incorporating former warsaw treaty countries. we heard in response this does not concern you. nations and countries have the war to choose the way of ensuring the security. that's true, but it's also true when the infrastructure of the military bloc approaches our borders we have grounds for apprehension question. no one could deny as this right. he went on to say have been no and western leaders have long many times tsongas, made decisions behind the back of price wars and accomplished fact some today we want to examine whether in natal and the newly expanded nato alliance is now reaping the whirlwind of that decision and the ukraine. the of a very distinguished panel of people here today who are essentially present at the creation in one way or another. you will have biographies, but briefly the former foreign minister and actually first prime minister and then foreign minister of poland, going to make the your first name. on my immediate left, prime minister
we were promised that after germany's unification than it would not spread eastward. a started expanding and incorporating former warsaw treaty countries. we heard in response this does not concern you. nations and countries have the war to choose the way of ensuring the security. that's true, but it's also true when the infrastructure of the military bloc approaches our borders we have grounds for apprehension question. no one could deny as this right. he went on to say have been no and...
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angela merkel, chancellor of germany. [applause] >> >> chancellor merkel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. my name is tom donohue. i and the president and ceo of this fine institution. i want to thank you for being here. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as the central rallying point for the u.s. business community. we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. the room we are gathered in today, the international hall of flags is rich in symbolism and history. the room takes its name after the overhead banners of 12 great explorers who blazed the first halves of trade. they planted the first seed of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. they planted the first seeds of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. these flags remind us that the transatlantic relationship has been arou
angela merkel, chancellor of germany. [applause] >> >> chancellor merkel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. my name is tom donohue. i and the president and ceo of this fine institution. i want to thank you for being here. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as the central rallying point...
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lawmakers in germany one of the us to agree to a narrow spot i'd treat you with them. pres obama said that no such treaty exists with any nation. and both he and chancellor merkel admit it. the resulting it's a fiasco. require more work in the future we do not have a blanket no spy agreement with any country. with any of our closest partners. what we are doing with the germans. as we're doing with the french as we do with british or canadian trade body has to work through what exactly. of the rules are governing the relationship between each country. why did i turn this weekend. the situation is. we have to be skeptical. so this is what is going to be the son of god. we met because of the names. and since i'm still just me and it is also why the bbc cbs and laughed the more bands do business with you too heavy for chancellor merkel returns back to german kill me with the u s chamber of commerce they make a pitch for a new transatlantic trade agreement that's really the one issue on the agenda but she president obama and their business allies at home to see eye to eye o
lawmakers in germany one of the us to agree to a narrow spot i'd treat you with them. pres obama said that no such treaty exists with any nation. and both he and chancellor merkel admit it. the resulting it's a fiasco. require more work in the future we do not have a blanket no spy agreement with any country. with any of our closest partners. what we are doing with the germans. as we're doing with the french as we do with british or canadian trade body has to work through what exactly. of the...
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and if you bring that siemens run into germany a much bigger company and been awesome in france. it's been a total logical sense to move most of the management to to germany not even a trend towards gop would actually keep alive a decision made in france pm there have missed it i'm thinking that too much on point of view the gt offers probably the better one. we just didn't get this whole issue of the view of the european champions opposes him in the crown jewel to the americans were getting a lot of reactions when you're populism here we come for sen shaven off with a former mayor then phone has a lot of. i'll still use the activity is located compares oust him take over to nineteen forty defeat against germany. and on but come on that night and i will be seen if you've read the french press. the german press and the us press is quite predictable on the part of journalists answer as to which one hour to go to a day and yes with the anglo saxon process and has been very scathing of the way the french government has been rampant since i'm like the recent to get well number one tha
and if you bring that siemens run into germany a much bigger company and been awesome in france. it's been a total logical sense to move most of the management to to germany not even a trend towards gop would actually keep alive a decision made in france pm there have missed it i'm thinking that too much on point of view the gt offers probably the better one. we just didn't get this whole issue of the view of the european champions opposes him in the crown jewel to the americans were getting a...
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germany is one of our closest allies and one of our closest friends. that is true across the spectrum of issues, security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage and somebody whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains on the relationship. more broadly, i have also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structure and our policy structure to catch up with rapidly advancing technologies. as a consequence, through a series of steps, what we have tried to do is reform what we do and have taken these issues very seriously. domestically, we have tried to provide additional assurances to the american people that their privacy is protected. what i have also done is taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence community to take the privacy interests of non-u.s. persons into account in everything they do. it is something that has not been done before and most other countri
germany is one of our closest allies and one of our closest friends. that is true across the spectrum of issues, security, intelligence, economic, diplomatic and angela merkel is one of my closest friends on the world stage and somebody whose partnership i deeply value. and so it has pained me to see the degree to which the snowden disclosures have created strains on the relationship. more broadly, i have also been convinced for a very long time that it is important for our legal structure and...
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that broke out in kiev internationals riots with a porch light march reminiscent of nineteen thirties germany through the city demanding that the ports regime not take definitive action too assert its control over the keystone of the country. armed and with this pressure that's on them to do something. it seems likely that they will further attempt incursions and just what you say that mom that we've been hearing to the old saying from outback a bomb. i think we can just hear the sand by committee and when he actually said he believed to be. i kept up with the wild child restraints are consumed the biggest concerns that we've seen as the russian propaganda that has been blasted out non stop suggesting somehow that the ukrainian government is responsible for the problems in eastern ukraine. the crane government has shown remarkable restraint throughout this process. her strength yet. well of course this is the way it actually american propaganda littered with incredible hypocrisy and double standards because president obama and the rest of us foreign policy establishment when making such state
that broke out in kiev internationals riots with a porch light march reminiscent of nineteen thirties germany through the city demanding that the ports regime not take definitive action too assert its control over the keystone of the country. armed and with this pressure that's on them to do something. it seems likely that they will further attempt incursions and just what you say that mom that we've been hearing to the old saying from outback a bomb. i think we can just hear the sand by...
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gorbachev was discussing unification of germany. i am not going to talk about the myth that we promised nato would never move east. it is a lie. gorbachev raised the question, shouldn't russia join nato? james baker pooh-poohed him. saidter regretted that and he should not have done that. he should have engaged gorbachev on that question. acts of theirst yield and government -- yeltsin government -- they had to withdraw because it was so embarrassing. i am wondering how much damage has been done by the lack of engagement with russia. and its interests with nato. >> yes, sir. >> first of all, i cannot agree on you -- more on your statement. thank you so much. [laughter] the --y, i agree with yes. that is where i technically agree. point of president putin. was unclear. i would put it anyway, if you read my memoirs and somebody publishes them -- [laughter] i want russia to be, and -- westerno become a democracy. as a diplomat, i met with a lot of confusing signals from nato all the time. even the prime minister said, that is very inte
gorbachev was discussing unification of germany. i am not going to talk about the myth that we promised nato would never move east. it is a lie. gorbachev raised the question, shouldn't russia join nato? james baker pooh-poohed him. saidter regretted that and he should not have done that. he should have engaged gorbachev on that question. acts of theirst yield and government -- yeltsin government -- they had to withdraw because it was so embarrassing. i am wondering how much damage has been...
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germany gets $50.2 billion in exports to russia. german lobby groups are counting numbers of 3000 jobs are dependent on russian trade. interest as well. there is major interest in pushing hard on angela merkel. >> doesn't germany import a lot of natural gas from russia? other issues is on the energy side of things. you heard president obama and chancellor merkel address that today. what we're looking at next, according to officials, and the president, if sanctions are to be expanded they're going to target entire sectors. financial services, defense, and that should mean energy. when it comes to europe, that is a major problem. what chancellor merkel said today, six countries are 100% reliant on russian gas. germans are taking a third of their gas from russia. before -- for sex how they do the is a huge question right now because of the damage that would be in norma's in the european area. waxing want to thank you for this developing story. when russian forces invaded the ukraine crimea peninsula in late february, it prompted one jo
germany gets $50.2 billion in exports to russia. german lobby groups are counting numbers of 3000 jobs are dependent on russian trade. interest as well. there is major interest in pushing hard on angela merkel. >> doesn't germany import a lot of natural gas from russia? other issues is on the energy side of things. you heard president obama and chancellor merkel address that today. what we're looking at next, according to officials, and the president, if sanctions are to be expanded...
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he said we were promised after germany's unification, nato would not spread eastward. when we said why are you doing this, we hurt in response this does not concern you. nations and countries have the right to choose a way of ensuring their own security. issaid, that is true, but it also true when the infrastructure of a military borders,oaches our we have questions and we must take certain steps. no one can deny us this right. he went on to say how nato and western leaders had lied to russians many times, made decisions by their backs, and placed before us the compost fact, and that is what happened with the nato expansion. examine we want to whether nato and the newly expanded nato alliance, that is, over the last 20 years, is reaping the whirlwind of that decision in ukraine, and we have distinguished panel of people today who were essentially present at the creation. you have biographies in the program, but i will briefly -- the former prime minister and perhaps the first prime minister and then foreign minister of -- i'm going to mangle your first name -- wlodzimi
he said we were promised after germany's unification, nato would not spread eastward. when we said why are you doing this, we hurt in response this does not concern you. nations and countries have the right to choose a way of ensuring their own security. issaid, that is true, but it also true when the infrastructure of a military borders,oaches our we have questions and we must take certain steps. no one can deny us this right. he went on to say how nato and western leaders had lied to russians...
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plus president obama and germany fell chancellor angulo merkel met at the white house today. will tighter -- german chancellor angela helmet at the white house today. will tighter sanctions actually change the situation in ukraine? we will be talking about that, next. ♪ its focus is shifting to cyber security, examining financial firms' preparedness for cyber threats. they are looking at how secure they really are. joining me, the former white house cyber security commissioner tom kellerman. what is the sec's biggest fear? what is going on? >> the lack of reporting in the marketplace. more firms are being breached. significant resources in material risk. >> financial firms? >> broker's houses, major publicly traded companies. >> how is it we do not hear about that? >> off and they are not aware they have been breached until they are notified that their accounts are being sold and bartered in the shadow economy. >> it is terrifying because you think of your financial data being out there. it really means we are all being vulnerable in a certain way. who is responsible, would
plus president obama and germany fell chancellor angulo merkel met at the white house today. will tighter -- german chancellor angela helmet at the white house today. will tighter sanctions actually change the situation in ukraine? we will be talking about that, next. ♪ its focus is shifting to cyber security, examining financial firms' preparedness for cyber threats. they are looking at how secure they really are. joining me, the former white house cyber security commissioner tom kellerman....
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they really wanted to show a sense of unity with germany. really the united states needs to be allied with europe over moving forward with a broader sanctions regime. you heard the president raised the specter of doing sectoral regime going against finance and against the defense industry, the arms industry there. the issue for europe is, of course, the concern about -- about the impact on energy supplies, russian energy supplies, whether or not any broader sanctions could hurt their ability to their use and import of all these russian oil and natural gas supplies. that's going to be the question going forward for them. while they showed unity on the issue of ukraine, of course, germany and the united states are clearly not on the same page yet when it comes over to the national security agency, the domestic surveillance program and what came to light over the edward snowden revelations over spying on angela merkel themselves. the president used the line we're not -- we're not aligned yet on this issue about whether there would be no spy agr
they really wanted to show a sense of unity with germany. really the united states needs to be allied with europe over moving forward with a broader sanctions regime. you heard the president raised the specter of doing sectoral regime going against finance and against the defense industry, the arms industry there. the issue for europe is, of course, the concern about -- about the impact on energy supplies, russian energy supplies, whether or not any broader sanctions could hurt their ability to...
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. >>> other news, president obama and germany's leader facing some serious questions today on foreign policy flash points including the crisis in ukraine. the president just wrapped up a joint news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel. the u.s. is warning of tougher sanctions against russia over ukraine. the president saying the preference is a diplomatic solution but if that doesn't happen the next step is more sanctions. he says he understands the concerns of some european countries but he's confident the u.s. and the european union will stand together. >> the goal is not to punish russia. the goal is to give them an incentive to choose the better course. and that is to resolve these issues diplomatically. and i think we are united on that front. within europe, within the eu, i'm sure there has to be extensive consultations. you've got 28 countries and some are more vulnerable than others to potential russian retaliation. we have to take those into account. not every country is going to be in exactly the same place. what has been remarkable is the degree to which all
. >>> other news, president obama and germany's leader facing some serious questions today on foreign policy flash points including the crisis in ukraine. the president just wrapped up a joint news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel. the u.s. is warning of tougher sanctions against russia over ukraine. the president saying the preference is a diplomatic solution but if that doesn't happen the next step is more sanctions. he says he understands the concerns of some...